2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value MIS Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 14,198 people earned their degree in management information systems, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, management information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $56,157 and had an average of $27,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,383 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,286 and $28,976 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great management information systems programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the management information systems program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The mis school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value MIS Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value MIS Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value MIS Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Management Information Systems in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Phoenix - Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$17,096 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$99,905 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value MIS Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 32 doctorate’s MIS degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Management Information Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Management Information Systems at University of Phoenix - Arizona

#2

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$25,807 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value MIS Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s MIS students in 2019-2020.

UTSA also made our “Best Management Information Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Management Information Systems at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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